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Wow, it's taken a while to get here, 2 and a half years to be precise. But today I finished the first draft of my first novel. I hope to have something out just after Christmas so watch out world.

I've revised the first chapter since my previous post as well as the elevator pitch so here goes:

Elevator Pitch:

The UK
engulfed by years of anti-social behaviour. Violence on the streets keeps good
people trapped in their homes. A new
Government struggling to find a solution, turns to science to respond to the
challenge. A
brilliant scientist with ghosts from the past finds an innovative way forward
using medical technology. A new technology to measure how we behave. Unconventional, unpalatable, but a solution that will
question the way we think about human behaviour and how tolerant we are to
change. A blogger
tracks the events, a victim and a hero embroiled in the twists and turns of a
story that forces the reader to believe the unthinkable.

Thanks for the comments and feedback following the posting of chapter 1 of my book. Chapter 2 is below and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Hope you enjoy it. Mid-August – Chester It had been a month since the
attack on the old lady that shocked most of Britain. The fact it was leaked by
a blog embarrassed most of the hacks still left on Fleet Street and even more
so the nouveau-scribes in Canary Wharf. The Home Secretary condemned ‘The
Day Today’ for putting the story out there amid pressure on the Government for
standing seemingly idly by while Britain was gripped by all too regular violent
interludes. People were scared. They were
scared and angry that nothing was being done. Public visits by any Cabinet
Minister were met with derision and speeches received with a chorus of boos. The
election could not come soon enough as the majority of the public had lost
faith in the current Government. David Lawson had been campaigning
on the back of a promise to rid the streets of these fer…